Forensic Investigation of Homicides Involving Children and Adolescents in the Freiburg Administrative District (Germany)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00037008

Enrollment

Registered

2025-08-08

Start date

2025-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

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Conditions

Pediatric homicides

Interventions

Group 1: Review of autopsy reports for the standardized identification of relevant cases (homicide victims under the age of 18, administrative district of Freiburg). Retrospective analysis of case dat

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: homicide

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: age >= 18 Jahre

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The aim of the study is to record all cases of pediatric homicides in the autopsy material of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Freiburg from January 2000 to April 2025, accompanied by a retrospective descriptive analysis of epidemiological, circumstantial, and post-mortem data, in order to identify a potential medico-legal pattern of pediatric homicides. Data relating to victims, perpetrators, relationship context, and circumstantial and pathological-forensic characteristics of the homicide will be collected. Statistical analyses will be performed to explore potential relationships between the data collected.	—

Measure

Time frame

The aim of the study is to record all cases of pediatric homicides in the autopsy material of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Freiburg from January 2000 to April 2025, accompanied by a retrospective descriptive analysis of epidemiological, circumstantial, and post-mortem data, in order to identify a potential medico-legal pattern of pediatric homicides. Data relating to victims, perpetrators, relationship context, and circumstantial and pathological-forensic characteristics of the homicide will be collected. Statistical analyses will be performed to explore potential relationships between the data collected.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactGiorgia Franchetti

University of Padova, Italy

giorgia.franchetti@unipd.it+39 3391869723

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026